WOMEN'S EVENT FINALS
MAY 5, 2002: TWO MEDALS FOR CANADA: MACKIE, SILVER ON BEAM; PURNELL BRONZE ON FLOOR
EVENT FINALS - SESSION THREE
SENIOR WOMEN'S VAULT
Alexandra Croak (AUS)
-piked Luconi, slightly incomplete turn on to the horse 9.137
-Yurchenko full - clean, small step
-9.018 average
Kristal Uzelac (USA)
-low on her Khorkina II, some loss of form 9.275
-piked Cuervo with a leg separation
-9.237 average
Tasha Schwikert (USA)
-missed a hand on her Podkopayeva, laughing with coach Rice after falling to her seat 8.600
-clean Yurchenko full, small hop
-8.881 average
Danielle Hicks (CAN)
-piked Luconi, not as good as yesterday, 8.887
-layout Yurchenko, a little flat
-8.706 average
Liu Wei (CHN)
-Yurchenko 1 ½, quick twist, small hop, 9.287
-piked barani, low, bent knees
-9.181 average
Brenda Magana (MEX)
-Podkopayeva with poor form, decent landing, 9.187
-front pike, good landing
-9.018 average
JUNIOR WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS
Stephanie Moorhouse (AUS)
-giant 1 ½ to giant to Jaeger
-nice Tkattchev
-clean form
-Pak
-toe-shoot to HB
-lovely work
-one step on double front
-great first exercise!
-8.912
Scarlett Guzman (MEX)
-Tkatchev
-loss of leg form on bail-1/2
-overall very nice, but difficulty is low
-stuck double layout, and a hug from her coach
Mayu Kuroda (JPN)
-toe-shoot to dead hang
-nice Ono
-beautiful Jaeger
-she is very tiny!
-touches the mat on a Pak
-long jump to the HB!
-beautiful double front, large step forward
-8.300
Carly Patterson (USA)
-great mount sequence
-lack of amplitude on Tkatchev, but okay
-stuck full-out
-9.262
Kate Brocklehurst (NZL)
-good to see her in finals
-weaker form than the others, but still a nice job
-toe-on front-1/2, very high…she had struggled with this enormously in training, good for her!
-7.462
Hollie Vise (USA)
-so clean and smooth
-no mistakes, wonderful exercise!
-stuck her landing
SENIOR UNEVEN BARS
-during warm-up, the crowd applauds Amelie Plante's Def, which she catches
Terin Humphrey (USA)
-very clean, nice hop-full to Gienger
-good bail, but loss of swing after her toe-shoot to HB
-stuck her double layout
-nice exercise!
-9.325
Mizoguchi (JPN)
-giant full to Gienger, very clean
-giant-blind to double front, one step
-a little lacking in difficulty
-8.550
Jacqui Dunn (AUS)
-Comaneci, nice Endos, Ono turn to Jaeger, very nice work
-Pak, she is looking great
-perfect landing on the dismount, fantastic exercise!
-9.325
Chen Maiojie (CHN)
-wearing a short-sleeve version of the Chinese leo
-very fast, aggressive work
-great pirouettes, a little short on some HS's
-stuck her double layout
-an excellent UB final so far!
-9.525!
Amelie Plante (CAN)
-catches the Def!!
-does her full pirouetting sequence to Gienger - great!
-perfect bail-1/2…then falls in a free-hip….such a shame!
-crowd cheers her on in appreciation
-one step on her double layout
-8.650
Tasha Schwikert (USA)
-will be tough to beat Chen…let's see
-Hindroff, great!
-Tkatchev to Pak, nice
-very controlled
-needs to stick….almost
-9.400, not quite enough
JUNIOR BALANCE BEAM
Carly Patterson (USA)
-nailed her ff full - she had struggled during training
-right on on her arabian
-punch front to immediate sheep jump - clean!
-switch side - a little low
-one step back on her dismount
-good exercise
-9.562
Elsa Garcia (MEX)
-press to HS to reverse planche, very nice
-fall on an aerial walkover
-ff to back tuck
-a proficient beam worker, fairly confident, just needs to clean up the knees and toes
-nice switch ring
-over time, then falls on her double back dismount
-7.487
Melissa Munro (AUS)
-very confident and stable
-punch front to high sheep jump
-tour jete -1/2, very soft landing, lovely
-one step forward on her dismount, good job!
-9.037
Hollie Vise (USA)
-fall on her ff-full, what a shame, she would have had the gold for sure
-looking a little shaken
-such soft landings on her elements
-one step on her dismount
-8.950
Gael Mackie (CAN)
-gorgeous reverse planche
-looking better than Friday, but still a little nervous
-wobble after her piked full turn jump
-another big arm swing after a leap
-trying to hang on…RO 2 ½ twist dismount, huge applause!
-9.262
Mayu Kuroda (JPN)
-RO layout, very well landed
-one-armed ff to layout, pause, one-armed ff
-small wobble on her side somi
-balance check on punch front
-a wonderful beam worker, beautiful use of her hands
-working on her toes
-RO 2 ½ twist, good landing
-9.225
SENIOR BALANCE BEAM
Kristal Uzelac (USA)
-solid mount
-nice Popa
-fall on ff piked full (missed her foot and came off)
-missed her foot again on a punch front, but stayed on and didn't even break form!
-RO double pike, one step
-a little wobbly throughout
-8.487
Ayaka Sahara (JPN)
-RO to two-foot layout mount, wobbles, then falls
-nice switch leap, tuck jump 1/1, straight jump 1/1 combination
-fall on another layout
-triple twist dismount
-7.787
Jacqui Dunn (AUS)
-hit her mount well
-ff-Onodi, nice
-looking solid for the most part
-good landing on her dismount, nice exercise
-9.037
Tasha Schwikert (USA)
-small waver on her mount
-broken combination of jumps to Korbut, small wobble
-high double tuck dismount, one step
-good routine
-9.312
Liu Wei (CHN)
-door is still open on this event
-small wobbles on mount, leap
-punch front, long pause, back tuck, Korbut
-double back, tiny hop
-8.950
Amelie Plante (CAN)
-a surprising final for Amelie, let's see how she does
-small wobble on full-twisting tuck jump
-RO layout to two feet, small bobble
-punch front, very sharp
-Popa, good landing
-switch side, nice
-great landing on her gainer double twist
-wow, great job for Amelie!
-8.625, good enough for 4th
JUNIOR FLOOR EXERCISE
Elsa Garcia (MEX)
-arabian double front, excellent landing
-triple twist, rotated very quickly, but spins herself out of bounds
-sloppy foot form, but pleasant choreography
-FHS front layout-punch front
-2 ½ twist
-8.487
Carly Patterson (USA)
-several small deductions on tumbling pass landings and dance elements, she will lose some points for this, but overall pretty good
-wish she would try to express herself a little more in her performance
-9.312
Melanie Rocca (CAN)
-hands down on her double pike mount - her feet just skidded out from under her a little
-underrotated triple twist
-lovely, delicate choreography
-8.062
Hollie Vise (USA)
-did the layout out of her front double twist this time, small form break, but good
-almost around on her triple twist
-slightly low on her double pike
-wonderful presentation, excellent choreography
-9.037
Aleea Newton (AUS)
-stumble on a triple turn
-almost around on her triple twist
-double pike
-lost her balance on her tucked jump double
-whip to full twist only
-double twist
-choreography a little slow for her fast-paced Riverdance music
-8.312
Melissa Munro (AUS)
-front double full
-enjoyable choreography
-1 ½ twist to double twist
-nice turn in attitude position
-wonderful extension on all her elements
-small bobble on her tuck jump double
-double pike, two small steps back
-very nice!
SENIOR WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE
Heather Purnell (CAN)
-piked full-in, great!
-front-full/front-full
-small bobbles in her dance sequence
-2 ½ twist
-perfect triple turn
-great double pike
-she couldn't have done much better!
-9.350
Tasha Schwikert (USA)
-perfect opener with the punch front
-she really gets those jumps around - better than most!
-2 ½ punch layout, perfect
-beautiful triple turn
-she looks amazing!
-double pike, she doesn't even need to run hard for it!
-9.750!
Liu Wei (CHN)
-stumble on triple turn
-slightly underrotated triple twist
-whip to a layout
-wayyy under on her cat leap double
-2 ½, step to the side
-more problems with twisting jumps
-choreography uninspired
-a little low on her double pike
-8.962
Alexandra Croak (AUS)
-tiny bobble on her triple turn
-hiccup on her triple twist landing, not bad
-good leaps
-punch front to double twist only
-dance is nice, elegant movement
-faking her landings on some of her dance
-good double pike
-9.325
Kyoko Oshima (JPN)
-double twisting front to perfect, straight front layout
-nice whip/whip to 2 ½, very clean
-triple twist, almost around
-audience clapping along
-perfect double pike
-9.112
Allana Slater (AUS)
-perfect whip triple twist
-clean 2 ½ to punch layout
-lovely tango
-small stumbles on dance…that should give it to Schwikert
-perfect, legs together landing on her double pike
-waving to the crowd after…great redemption for the classy Slater
-9.650
It's a medal for Canada! Bronze for Ottawa's Heather Purnell!
JUNIOR WOMEN'S VAULT
Carly Patterson (USA)
-double-twisting Yurchenko, good job, not perfect, but she has been falling quite a bit in training, 9.350
-piked barani, pretty good
-9.243 average
Melanie Sinclair (USA)
-Yurchenko 1 ½, she can do it a little better (large step to the side), 9.187
-little over on her Podkopayeva, but good to see two different vault of that calibre
-9.193 average
Stephanie Moorhouse (AUS)
-Hristakieva, bent knees, good landing, 8.950
-piked front, step forward
-8.900 average
Gael Mackie (CAN)
-very popular home-town athlete - big cheers!
-her father, Bill Mackie, has been giving out awards…he is a former Olympian for Canada
-good full-twisting layout Yurchenko, a little piked, small step, 8.925
-layout Yurchenko with a step
-8.750 average
Aleea Newton (AUS)
-piked Luconi, pretty good, 8.950
-pike Yurchenko, steps back
-8.675 average
Hsing-Yi Lu (TPE)
-very low on her piked front
-piked Tsuk second vault
-8.250
Scarlett Guzman (MEX)
-tucked Phelps
-tucked front
Silver medal for Mackie! Two women's artistic medals!